Bed-spring.



'C. D. BROUYETTE.

BED SPRING.

1 I 15. 1,203,096.. Patented 001. 31,1916.

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C. D. BROUYETTE. BED SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1915.

1 ,203,096. Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- STATES 1' census 1). snoorn'rrn, or TOPEKA, KANSAS.ASSIGNORTO RALPH, N. ivrennrran AND enonen r. MCENTIRE, coranrnnasUNDER. THE FIRM-NAME or MQENTIRE BROTHERS, 0F TOPEKA, KANSAS.

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Application filed March 12, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. BROU- YETTE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBed-Springs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bed spring, wire bed bottom, or like flexiblestructure for supporting the mattress or pad in a bed, couch or cot; andthe principal object of the invention is 'to provide a bed spring, orequivalent structure, with means for holding the mattress or pad inplace, which, because of its simplicity, will add little or nothing tothe expense of manufacturing the spring and will not make a springprovided therewith any more cumbersome or.

more diflicult to pack, ship or otherwise handle than the ordinary bedspring.

The invention is illustrated in two somewhat different embodiments, inthe accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective,of a link fabric bed spring provided with the mattress holding device ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the device. Fig. 3 is a view,in perspective, of a spiral spring bed bottom constructed in accordancewith the invention, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 ofFig. 3.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figuresof the drawings.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, 10 indicates the end rails of thesupporting frame of a wire mattress or bed spring, and 11 the siderails. The fabric is shown as made up of a plurality of wires 12, eachbent to form a series of Vs, the apexes of which are provided with hooks13 which engage the apexes of the ll-shaped bends ofadjacent wires. Theend wires are secured to the end rails 10 of the frame by means ofhelical springs 14. The fabric is completed by a pair of lateralmarginal wires 15 engaged in any suitable manner by wires 12. Thesemarginal lateral wires are provided with upstanding projections whichare preferably constituted bv bending the wires to form off-sets 16.These off-sets keep the mattress from slipping off the spring. At thesame time they add little or nothing to the ex- Specification f LettersPatent.

Patented ea. a, rare.

Serial No. 13,962.

The marginal wires 15 are preferably kept taut by helical springs l4which, in each case, engage the adjacent end rail 10 and a bend 17formed in the wire. Beyond the bend 17 the wire is formed with an inwardhorizontal offset 18, the end of the wire being anchored to the end railin any suitable manner. For instance, it may be attached to oneof thehelical springs 14. By this means the lateral marginal wires 15 are heldso that the ofisets 16 are in substantially vertical position. It willbe understood that the invention is not limited to the particular kindof fabric described, which is of familiar construction except so far asconcerns the lateral marginal wires.

The same expedient may be applied to a spring or bed bottom in whichspiral springs are employed. This is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 19designates a supporting structure of any preferred construction for thespiral springs 20. The upper ends of the springs are secured to arectangular wire structure 21 provided with intermediate longitudinalwires 22 and cross wires 23. The lateral marginal wires 24 of therectangular structure are formed with upstanding off-sets 25, which keepthe mattress 26 in position, as shown inFig. 4.

In the claims I have used the term bed spring in a generic sense ascovering any bed bottom, couch bottom, wire mattress. or other likeflexible, resilient structure for supporting a mattress, pad, or thelike. The term mattress is likewise intended to cover a pad or similararticle of bedding supported on the spring.

I claim:

1. In a bed spring, a rigid frame consistsprings interposed between thehorizontal spring on opposite sides thereof, and are oil-sets of thelateral marginal Wires and bent at intervals to provide upstandingoffsaid end rails. sets to keep the mattress in place.

2. In a bed spring, a flexible fabric com- CHARLES D. BROUYETTE. prisingmarginal Wires Which are inter- Witnesses: Woven with and form parts ofsaid fabric, GEO. P. McEN'rrnn, extend continuously the length of thebed A. M. PosT.

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